lick someone's boots

== English == === Verb === lick someone's boots (third-person singular simple present licks someone's boots, present participle licking someone's boots, simple past and past participle licked someone's boots) (informal, idiomatic) To try hard to please someone. Synonyms: (vulgar) lick someone's ass, (vulgar) lick someone's balls, suck up ==== Related terms ==== bootlicking ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “lick someone s boots” (US) / “lick someone s boots” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “lick someone’s boots”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “lick somebody s boots” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “lick sb s boots”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “lick someones boots”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.